... isn't dead, it's his 100th birthday today.
Attenborough is probably best known for creating snooker TV show Pot Black as a way of showcasing this new fangled "colour television" thing whilst he was Controller for BBC2. He also did some stuff about animals that nobody will have heard about.
Happy Birthday, sir. Does the King write letters like his mum did?
Canny innings. Happy Birthday.
Sand art at Morecambe Beach, earlier:
I learned today that we have Attenborough to thank for Monty Python. He commissioned the TV series
He's our patron at work, and it's one of the delights of my job to write to him with updates on occasion. I always get a personal handwritten letter back.
https://ltl.org.uk/celebrating-sir-david-attenborough-at-100/
I was genuinely cheered up by this news this morning.
"National Treasure" so often gets overused but I doubt there is another person alive more worthy of the title. He's possibly done more than any other human, alive or dead, to increase our understanding of the natural world.
Well done Sir!
Birthday bash at the Royal Albert Hall today
That's on TV tonight as well:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w132
Absolute ledg.
I was thinking last week that 20(!) years ago my mate recommended Sir Dave's autobiography as a great read, talking about his BBC2 commissioning days and the like; and wondering if it's been updated yet to take into account the last 20 years.
I saved a moth the other day that had got hit by shower water so in a lot of ways we have a shared legacy.
Gawd bless him. I hope there is some sort of National recognition to mark his exceptional contribution to humanity, and before he leaves us would be nice.
I think he's forgiven my wife's friend's dog by now. [RIP Fitz, you were a proper dog]
A wonderful human, that we should feel privileged to share a time and space with. A true legend.
https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/1534693.dog-that-wolfed-sir-davids-cheese/
I've started watching the original Life on Earth. I would have been about 10 when originally shown.
What surprised me the most, and makes it very watchable, is the excellent picture quality, as of course it was done with proper film.
I've likely missed many of his later series, so will be doing a lot of catch-up.
Unfortunately the wife had nightmares following watching one of the Secret Garden episodes where the Blue Tit chicks all died! So she's not keen on Attenborough. Meh, other TV rooms are available in this house.
learned today that we have Attenborough to thank for Monty Python. He commissioned the TV series
My favourite bit of Attenborough trivia, is that he’s a big part of the reason tennis balls are the colour they are, from his TV exec days.
Always feel really sorry for his younger brother who, whilst he did quite well for himself, didn’t quite elevate himself to be a multi Oscar winner, or national (global?) treasure.
I hope there is some sort of National recognition to mark his exceptional contribution to humanity, and before he leaves us would be nice
Why? Don’t get me wrong. I have thoroughly enjoyed the many tv series he has narrated and made. Great tv. But what is his contribution to humanity? It’s not like he was a researcher or cured cancer. He made good tv entertainment
The inspiration of thousands to first get into the field? Illustration to millions of the importance of the natural world, and our place in it?
You clearly watch it at a deeper level than I do. We watch it and enjoy the photography and home he skips the eco warrior lecture at the end of the episode
I always find the 'eco warrior lecture' slightly sobering, slightly depressing and slightly optimistic all rolled into one package. I do enjoy the technical aspects where they show the dedication of the teams
He sends me to sleep. I have never watched a complete program as I always doze off.
I hope there is some sort of National recognition to mark his exceptional contribution to humanity, and before he leaves us would be nice
Why? Don’t get me wrong. I have thoroughly enjoyed the many tv series he has narrated and made. Great tv. But what is his contribution to humanity? It’s not like he was a researcher or cured cancer. He made good tv entertainment
If you also see my post, he helped found the charity I work for that's seen millions of children over 36 years experience nature firsthand.
I always find the 'eco warrior lecture' slightly sobering, slightly depressing and slightly optimistic all rolled into one package. I do enjoy the technical aspects where they show the dedication of the teams
Yes I enjoy the how they did it bit that replaces the advert times for other broadcasters. The eco speech get me because of the hypocrisy involved. The carbon footprint of spending years making these episodes must be staggering with all the travel and time.
The carbon footprint of spending years making these episodes must be staggering with all the travel and time.
You can't make an omelette without cracking eggs. The benefit of those programmes on a holisitic scale would probably outweigh the drop-in-an-ocean footprint of making them.
He made good tv entertainment
TV can inform and educate at the same time as being entertainment. The output he is most connected with has been some of the best examples of this.
Yeah. Apparently, he squidged a termite once when he was lying in one of their mounds. The complete bastard.
